Sun West School Library/Learning Commons Handbook
Sun West School Division Professional Collection
Sun West School Division Office: 501 - 1st Street West, Rosetown, Sask. S0L 2V0
Phone: 306-882-2677. Toll-Free: 1-866-375-2677. Email: info@sunwestsd.ca
Sun West School Division staff have access to a
central circulating professional library collection that supports professional
growth, school improvement, and student learning. Resources include
books, DVDs, CDs, theme boxes and kits. Loan periods vary depending upon
the media designation.
The goals of the Sun West School Division Professional Library include:
· purchasing and circulating resources that align with Division initiatives.
· Increasing familiarity of services and resources through regular communication with Sun West School Division staff.
· providing a resource outreach program that enables staff to view and utilize resources of interest.
· providing professional resources to support curricula renewal.
Locating Resource
Professional Library Web OPAC located on your desktop. All resources can be located by searching the Sun West School Division
Automation
Sun West School Division provides LibraryWorld, an automated, integrated library system, to all school libraries. This system is composed of modules that support the following library functions:
Cataloguing
School librarians create bibliographic item records that are housed in a union catalogue. School holdings are attached to these records eliminating the need for repetitive cataloguing tasks to be performed at individual schools. School librarians create and maintain all bibliographic records to ensure record consistency and that Sun West School Division cataloguing standards are compatible with public library practices.
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
Teachers are able to perform inter-library loan requests and check their library accounts to view current transactions, overdue items, etc.
Reports
This feature generates overdue lists which can be displayed on screen, printed, or downloaded to a file. This tool also supports the compilation of statistics on library circulation and use.